GuyFawkes comments on This is not the US constitution; it used to be, but Article I, part of section 8, & all of sections 9 & 10 have been removed

submitted 1 year ago by GuyFawkes@midwest.social to c/ArmedDemocrats@midwest.social

Crossposted from https://slrpnk.net/post/25696399

Half of section 8, governing Congressional power over the military is removed.

Section 9 had, among other things:

Habeas Corpus the right to get a court hearing instead of arbitrary imprisonment
a ban on foreign emoluments for the US officials (eg: payments from foreign governments)

Section 10 reserved foreign policy for the federal government instead of the states.

[–] GuyFawkes@midwest.social [S] 2 points 1 year ago

I could see that if this were text that regularly needed editing, but last I checked it’s been DECADES since that was necessary.

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